Al4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 31, 1999

Young artists
get a break
from fire regs

B.C. SCHOOLS will be allowed to pin up children’s
artwork on 20 per cent of school walls.

Changes to the B.C. fire code last January required
schools to strip hallway walls bare of combustible paper,
but B.C. fire commissioner Rick Dumala has since
reconsidered the. policy after teachers and parents across
the province were cutra va :

Kiti K’Shan Primary <a, ] principal Brian Phillips wel-

comed the change of heart in the new policy. - a

"Zero per cent was upsetting, but 20 per cent is okay,”’
he said,

Grade 2 Kiti K’Shan teacher Lorrain Jordan stressed that
displaying children’s artwork on school walls is very im-
portant 1o students’ self- esteem.

“Tt’s very important that they see their work displayed,”
she said. ‘‘It develops a sense of pride in children.”’

When Kiti K’Shan was ordered to remove the artwork in
January, Jordan said the result was a barren, sterile school
atmosphere, .

“Now it’s bright and cheery,”’ she said, referring to the
big sun display in the hallway outside of her classroom.

The new fire code regulations are in place to ensure
paper isn'ta fire hazard.

There have been 546 school fires across B.C. in the past
five years, none of which have been in Terrace.

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Alex Hamilton phote
STUDENTS WILL be allowed to display at least
some of their artwork in school hallways after the
provincial fire commissioner backed off what was to
be a total ban, That's Grade 2 Kiti K’'Shan student

Taron Lissimore with a sample of what's up now.

News In Brief

Leave it alone

A VANCOUVER-BASED environmental group is
urging the B.C. government to resist pressure to lift a
ban on north coast oil explorsation.

The Sierra Legal Defense Fund’s report, issued
March 24, says lifting the 28-year moratorium in He-
cate Strait and the Dixon Entrance would put marine
life and coastal communilies in danger.

It asks the B.C. government to spend money on
alternative energy sources which may be just as eco-
nomically viable and Jess harmful to the environment.

The report also examines provincial and federal laws
surrounding oil exploration and says that even if B.C.
lifts the ban, federal legislation still prohibits offshore
drilling.

Prince Rupert proponents of offshore drilling say
technological developments have made exploration
much safer now than it was when the ban was imposed.

They hope their MLA Dan Miller, who is also deputy
premier and energy minister will announce a review of
the moratorium soon.

Found in flames

TERRACE RCMP are trying to find out who set a
1989 truck on fire near the Kleanza Creek bridge Fri-
day, March 26.

A local resident spotted the fire on a dirt road south
of the bridge at 2:20 p.m. and reported the blaze to the
Thornhill Fire Department. RCMP say the fire almost
completely destroyed the dark-coloured GMC Sierra
pickup, RCMP are looking for anyone who might have
seen pedestrians or hitchikers on the highway around 2
p.m. that day.

Loggers kept quiet,
IWA union rep says

ONE IWA official says logging representatives here
made no effort to stop a resolution to oppose raw log
exports at the union’s annual convention two weeks
ago.

Gil Payne, a Skeena Sawmills millwright who was a
sawmill rep at the convention, was responding to tog-
gers who last week said their contractors voted over-
whelmingly in favour of a log export plan that would
save hundreds of logging jobs.

Representatives from the logging contractors were
also at the [WA convention, Payne noted.

“Not one spoke in favour of raw log exports,’? he
said, adding the resolution passed unanimously.

t's still open

DESPITE legal advice that it is opening itself up to a
liability risk, city council is holding off on closing Frank
St. to northbound heavy truck traffic,

Transport Canada and CN Rail want the city to ban long
trucks from crossing the level crossing because they hang
over the railway tracks when stopped waiting to pet on the
highway.

The city wants to avoid directing the industrial traffic
onto the more residential Kenney St. route.

Councillors say they’ve looked at the issue several times
and think that despite the train risk it may be safer to keep
the trucks crossing at Frank St. than have them tangle with
increased numbers of pedestrians, cyclists and motorists at
Kenney,

“It’s better to have those big trucks at the west end of
town,”’ said mayor Jack Talstra.

City lawyers concluded the cily could be risking liability
if it keeps the route open to heavy trucks, but also sug-
gested it appears Transport Canada bas no authority to
force the city to take action.

Although council introduced a bylaw to ban heavy trucks
at Frank, it has not been passed.

Administration has been asked to look into other options
and report back.

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